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global shipping route linking the Gulf to the Arabian Sea. One-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies were shipped through the strait before the war began. Iran insists
spending even as it cut overall federal expenditure by 7 percent to comply with its International Monetary Fund loan programme. Meanwhile, India’s defence budget for 2025-26, according to Indian budget documents, stands
military pressure against Iran and its allies.” In a statement on social media on Thursday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and lead negotiator in the ceasefire talks, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said a full ceasefire could only
2025, she said. “That marginalisation would have been unthinkable two years ago,” Ariga said. Tangen said Beijing has drawn its own conclusions from this drift. For years, China viewed it as an “Asian NATO
2025. **Mahesh Kumar A./AP** Mahesh Kumar A./AP WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including the tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list
global fuel uncertainty. Donald Trump’s war on Iran has copped the biggest blame for the crisis, but one-third of voters say the Australian government should have planned better for the energy shock. [Sign
2025, in Norfolk, Va. More than 10 months later the carrier and its crew is still at sea.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F14%2F31%2F10af02b64e2f9901dba0ecdf928d%2Fgettyimages-2221886168.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812641/uss-ford-deployment) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [A nearly year-long deployment at sea takes a toll